Giant glowing orb appears over Siberia...

[Rockhopper]

 
     
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Has E.T. finally arrived? That's what thousands of locals in northern Russia recently feared after the sudden appearance of an enormous glowing orb in the Siberian night sky, which briefly stirred up a "War of the Worlds"-esque frenzy on social media.

"At first I was taken aback for a few minutes, not understanding what was happening," recalled photographer Sergey Anisimov, to the Siberian Times. "The glowing ball rose from behind the trees and moved in my direction. My first thought was about the most powerful searchlight, but the speed of changing everything around changed the idea of what was happening."

Anisimov snapped some spellbinding photos of the otherworldly phenomenon as it leered over the aurora borealis. It's easy to understand why so many people were frightened by the mysterious event.

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Tim.

[TrueCrazyLion]

Interesting story, and from the pic it looks like a giant version of the orbs that appear in spooky photos!
When I saw the title of the thread it reminded me of various descriptions of the Tunguska Event which has interested me ever since I first found out about it, fortunately this has a much more straightforward explanation.
It's always fun to read about these kind of things!